Untitled : Corin Kennington

Corin Kennignton (1991) is an artist based in London who specialises in hand-painted letterforms, large-scale murals and installations. Corin’s interest in Graffiti made him master the style of British hand-lettering. His work has striking, bold features that combine traditional and digital hand lettering techniques. His work can be found in public spaces, cafes and restaurants across London.

Harry Fieber (1982) is an artist based in London who practices traditional hand lettering. With an eye for detail, bespoke typefaces and love for comic books, his work is a mix of classic typography, beautiful colour combinations and surreal landscapes. Harry is a co-founder of a multi-disciplinary art and design studio, UTILE, where he explores his versatile practice.

Given the harmonious intersection between their practices, Corin and Harry have been collaborating on several projects, such as this one in Lodhi. When the artists arrived in India, they were inspired by the hand-painted signages found on trucks, shops and billboards. The duo decided to take that as a starting point and explored a colour palette which responded to the colours most often used by local sign painters.

This exploration led to an abstract landscape which wraps around the wall and opens it up to the viewer. Due to the treatment of the extremely flat and solid colours flowing within sharp lines, the piece appears to be digitally printed, even though it is completely hand-painted.

The hand-painted traditions have slowly been disappearing across the world, especially in India with the advent of digital printing techniques. Yet it is a tradition extremely rich in creativity, geographical specificity and above all, is absolutely unique. Hence this piece is an homage to the hand-painted tradition at large.